Research Catalog

Title

William Inge : essays and reminiscences on the plays and the man / edited by Jackson R. Bryer and Mary C. Hartig.

Publication

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]

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Additional Authors

• Bryer, Jackson R.
• Hartig, Mary C.

Description

vii, 291 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"These previously unpublished essays take a look at some of William Inge's most popular work, as well as his less well-known later plays. Included are reminiscences which reveal the playwright's charm and generosity, and shed light on how a brilliant, troubled man eventually took his own life"--

Subject

Inge, William > Criticism and interpretation

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Critical essays. American theater in the 1950s and Inge's plays / Albert Wertheim -- The inside-outsider / Robert Patrick -- Come back, little Sheba and mass culture / Jane Courant -- The two texts of Picnic / David Richman -- Picnic, Summer brave, and The peace of staying / Kerk Fisher -- Robert Brustein's "Men-taming women of William Inge": a re-examination / Ralph F. Voss -- Structures of violence: gender roles in Inge's plays / Linda Wagner-Martin -- Inge and the empty stage / Susan Koprince -- Life with father in four Inge plays / Robert A. Martin -- "Going next door": placing Inge / Barry Gross -- Another Kansan in the land of Oz: Inge as screenwriter / Thomas P. Adler -- Build-up to natural affection / R. Baird Shuman -- Unnatural affection: sons and mothers / Therese Jones -- Reminiscences.

ISBN

• 9780786476473 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 0786476478 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2014015914

OCLC

• 869265497
• SCSB-10897372

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library